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Tin Can Alley (Banwell)

Banwell Hill, Banwell.

NGR:ST 38983 58626
WGS84:51.32345, -2.87703
Length:26 m
Depth:12 m
Altitude:100 m
Tags:Mine
Registry:westmendip

Dry stone walled shaft 10m deep leads to a small chamber. The bottom of the entrance shaft is blocked with oil drums and tin cans. At the northern end of the chamber is another capped shaft.

Alternate Names: None recorded.

Notes: First explored and recorded by SSSS about 1946

Surveys:
[Tin Can Alley], Dockrell, C., 1987
Sketch plan of Tin Can Alley, Sivell, R. et al, 1981

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